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“Far East” (East and South Chinese Sea) China (97) Pescadores Macao Taiwan (98) fort Zeelandia Manilla Firando Nagasaki Japan (99) East China Sea Vietnam (95) Ayutthaya Cambodia (94) Phnom Penh Gulf of Thailand (93) Patani South China Sea Philippines (96) Sarawak (92) Map .: Destinations in the ‘Far East Route’ (Region ) This region centres around Taiwan and Japan as the main destinations. China and the Philippines were derivative destinations. In this sector, the regions that were located on the route to Japan and Taiwan could also be independent destinations. The vessel movements Since the complete database of ship movements in Asia constructed for this study contains more then . records about voyages to about  individual destinations, it was important to group the destinations. For the analyses of the development of VOC shipping in Asia, only the voyages between two different Asian areas in the network were taken into account/consid-  ered . This approach eliminated short local journeys like, for example, vessels sailing from the roads of Batavia to the Island Onrust where their repair facilities were housed, or vessels from the blockade fleet of Goa sailing to Wingurla on the Indian coast to take in supplies.  Dutch Ships in Tropical Waters n i k n o T f o f l u G